Wednesday’s 0-0 draw with Fulham, the Blues’ second in a row under Benitez, was played out in a sterile atmosphere at Stamford Bridge but home fans, who had booed the Spaniard before and during Sunday’s stalemate with Manchester City, eventually made their feelings known again.

Romeu said: ‘We have to accept that the supporters are not as happy as we would like but we have to go out there and win our games.

‘We have to keep going forward, look at the positive things and fight in each game.

‘When we get the confidence, the goals will go in. We’ve had two clean sheets after a long time without that happening, so that’s a positive thing.

‘We are defending well and now we have to think of attack and scoring more goals.’